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Dec 2021
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BREAKDOWN: The Senate’s Arguments Agains...

COINDESK
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A review of what happened at the Senate Banking Committee’s recent hearing.  This episode is sponsored by NYDIG. Today on “The Breakdown,” NLW looks at the recent U.S. Senate Banking Committee hearing on stablecoins. More contentious than the previous week’s House Financial Services Committee hearing on crypto, NLW argues the hearing helps us understand the ... Show More
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